Category: GN
Capcom branching out in '07
On Thursday, April 12, Capcom held its annual Gamer’s Day event in San Francisco, California. There they introduced what it has in store for 2007, including its focus as a company as well as upcoming releases. Capcom made it clear… Read More »
Microsoft accused of faking Xbox 360 sales figures
Roger Ehrenberg, COO of investment tracking service Monitor110, accused Microsoft of padding its Xbox 360 sales numbers in a recent blog posted on his website. The practice, known as "channel stuffing," involves shipping out unwanted product to retailers, thus stuffing… Read More »
In Japan, DS and Wii biggest sellers. PS3 going downhill
Media Create, a Japanese game industry tracking firm, has released figures for console sales for the first week of April, and the results show that Nintendo is the big winner by coming in with the DS and Wii in first… Read More »
Is the Wii really two GameCubes joined by duct tape?
Several weeks ago at the GDC, a Maxis employee named Chris Hecker said that the Wii game console was "a piece of s***," and that it was basically two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape. Hecker has since apologized for… Read More »
Harvest Moon creator talks Wii, DS
In a recent interview, Yasuhiro Wada talked about the Wii’s lack of innovative content — that not enough games are truly Wii-specific to drive sales, and that the DS may topple its own big brother. "Wii Sports is the only… Read More »
New PS3 model coming with larger hard drive?
Microsoft has already announced its intent to release the new Xbox 360 Elite that will have a larger hard disk drive — upgraded from 20GB to 120GB. A slip of the tongue by Sony Tokyo spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka may have… Read More »
Lost Planet officially coming to PC
Capcom and NVIDIA have announced that the PC version of the hit Xbox 360 game Lost Planet will be arriving on store shelves this June in North America and Europe. It has not yet been given a Japanese release date…. Read More »
Bethesda secures rights to Fallout IP
Until now, original owner Interplay had allowed Bethesda to develop sequels in the series, but retained rights to a Fallout MMO. 5.75 million dollars later, Bethesda now has sole ownership of the IP. The aforementioned MMO will be licensed to… Read More »
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Review
Eight years in the making, but finally the sequel to the classic Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is now in our hands. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars returns to the roots of what made this RTS franchise so popular:… Read More »
God of War II playable in HD mode
Kotaku reports that the GameFAQs forum members have discovered a puzzle that allows gamers to play God of War II in HD mode. The upgrade in graphics works on the PS2 (when using component mode and cables) and on the… Read More »
